Are hidden immune defects causing your recurring infections? new study investigates.
NCT ID NCT02972281
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked for hidden immune system problems in adults who get frequent or severe bacterial infections, like pneumonia or meningitis. Researchers screened 120 adults aged 18-65 to see how many had an undiagnosed primary immunodeficiency. The goal was to find out if these conditions are being missed in adults with no other known cause for their infections.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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120 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Mar 2015
- Finished
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Mar 2020
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 18-65 yrs old patients * ≥ 2 bacterial upper or lower respiratory tract infections/years, for at least 2 years, or * ≥ 1 severe bacterial upper or lower respiratory tract infection requiring hospitalization and IV antibiotics, or * ≥ 1 invasive infection (meningitis, bacteriemia, arthritis) due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, group A Streptococcus, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae Exclusion Criteria: * concomitant, systemic comorbidity that predisposes to infection (solid or hematological cancer, diabetes mellitus, severe alcohol or intravenous drug abuse, chronic liver or kidney failure, human immunodeficiency virus infection, anatomic or functional asplenia, drug-induced 1 neutropenia, or solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation). * the presence of a local predisposing factor: cigarette smoking (\> 5 pack-year and/or 5 cigarettes/day), underlying infection (tuberculosis, influenza…), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis or bronchiectasis for pulmonary infections; cerebrospinal leak or preceding upper respiratory tract (URT) infections for non-meningococcal meningitis; oral, dental or skin condition for GAS infections * use of corticosteroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, immunosuppressants or cytotoxic chemotherapeutics * PID diagnosed before the infectious episode in question. * current or recent pregnancy * hospital-acquired infection (including infections of prostheses).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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C.H de Roubaix
Roubaix, France
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CH ARRAS
Arras, France
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CH DOUAI
Douai, France
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CH LENS
Lens, France
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CHRU,
Lille, France
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Ch Armentieres
Armentières, France
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Ch Arrondissement de Montreuil
Rang-du-Fliers, France
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Ch Bethune
Béthune, France
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Ch Boulogne-Sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer, 62321, France
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Ch Cambrai
Cambrai, France
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Ch Denain
Denain, France
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Ch Dunkerque
Dunkirk, France
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Ch Region de St-Omer
Saint-Omer, France
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Ch Tourcoing
Tourcoing, France
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Ch de Valenciennes
Valenciennes, France
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Clinique Teissier
Valenciennes, France
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Groupe Hospitalier Seclin Carvin
Seclin, France
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Hopital Prive La Louviere
Lille, 59000, France
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Hopital Saint Vincent - Saint Antoine
Lille, France
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